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Saturday, October 13, 2012

Bamboo

From Marianne

According to Huy, the bamboo tree represents the Vietnamese people., "bendable but very strong."

2500 years ago, the hill people divided. The more adventurous people left the hills and came to lower lands near the rivers. They brought bamboo with them from the hills and planted it to serve as a fence.

Bamboo matures in five years. It has a strong root system and helps to stabilize the soil.

Items made from bamboo can be as small as a toothpick or as large as a house. Products made from bamboo bring in $200 million annually.

Huy said that bamboo chopsticks are the best chopsticks. "One stick is stable, the other one is in motion....(pause) like a couple."

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